On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 10:43, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 16:39, Mike Dresser wrote: > > On 27 Nov 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > > > rather than Linux itself. That said, do you split it into several > > > partitions and use RAID on them - I can't see that as providing a hint > > > of a fraction of the actual disk operation performance ;) > > > > Erm, raid on the same drive? > > > > I guess if you had a bad sector and it couldn't be remapped that this > > might save you a bit. > > > > But you're going to absolutely kill your performance, cause you'll be > > seeking all over the place to the two partitions. > > Yes - that was the point I was seeking to make - if we shouldn't go over > 6 GB/partition, how the heck are we ever going to use the bulk of these > 80GB+ drives on the market? ;)
You could use the linear version, where you just concatenate the partitions together. That shouldn't take any longer to seek over than one big one - each byte is still only in one place. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
